Archive for the ‘Chocolate’ Category

We Came. We Ate. We Tweeted.

We Came. We Ate. We Tweeted.
As I gingerly negotiated my way across the slippery platform, a light rain just finished falling so the ground had turned into an ice rink for those of us wearing elevated pumps. Monday morning commuter traffic at one of the busiest train stations in Sydney is rarely an enjoyable process, but combine...
July 28th, 2010 | Beverages, Chocolate, Dinner, Drinks, Events, Top Chefs, twitter | Read More

The Queen of Chocolate Puddings

The Queen of Chocolate Puddings
A sacrifice had to be made. There wasn’t going to be enough chocolate pudding left for me to partake in  a midnight feast as well as savor some for breakfast as well. I had to decide and decide fast. The leftovers in question came by way of a chocolate workshop I hosted that evening along with...
July 25th, 2010 | Chocolate, Recipes | Read More

Chocolate Banana Bread (TDF)

Chocolate Banana Bread (TDF)
This recipe is a first cousin to my wickedly popular Banana Coconut Bread with the  point of difference being the use of dark chocolate over thread coconut. Does it make a huge difference? You bet it does !  Its TDF (To Die For) For a double whammy in my house, we like to to cut the bread into gorgeous...
February 9th, 2010 | Bakery, Chocolate, banana | Read More

9 of the Funkiest Chocolate Recipes on the Web

9 of the Funkiest Chocolate Recipes on the Web
Captains log… Stargate 4. The latest installment of this great Chocolate circumnavigation of the globe finds us sweeping through uncharted skies. Chocolate. Funky? ‘You must be kidding me’, you say. Oh, I couldn’t possibly me more excited to share these recipes with you! After...
September 21st, 2009 | Bridgets favorites, Cakes, Chocolate, Foodies, Snacks, Sweets, twitter | Read More

12 "Hot" Chocolate Ice Cream Recipes You Need To Try!

12 "Hot" Chocolate Ice Cream Recipes You Need To Try!
Ice-cream is exquisite – what a pity it isn’t illegal... Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) (1694-1778) French philosopher. Your timing couldn’t be better. You have joined me on a silky chocolate journey that takes in all the beautifully glorious chocolate recipe posts that swim seductively...
September 16th, 2009 | Bridgets favorites, Chocolate, Ice cream, Recipes, twitter | Read More

The 3-Minute Wholemeal Chocolate Cake Miracle

The 3-Minute Wholemeal Chocolate Cake Miracle
photo by mao_lini There are a myriad of tangible things one can achieve in 3 minutes. In 3 minutes you could win the Eurovision Song Competition. 3 minutes is all you need to start a dance party like this king of the fandango managed to do at the Sasquatch Music Festival. Take 3 minutes out of your busy...
July 24th, 2009 | Cakes, Chocolate, Dessert, Foodies, Recipes, Uncategorized | Read More

Ultimate Top 30 Healthy Snack Recipe Posts on the Internet

Ultimate Top 30 Healthy Snack Recipe Posts on the Internet
From the depths of one small metal box covered with slender calved pink fairies and wistful looking princesses, I endeavour to supply my culinarily adventurous 7  year old daughter Coco with an  appetizing array of lunch offerings for her to take to school each day. I have discovered that the more...
June 30th, 2009 | Bakery, Bars and Slices, Bento box, Bridgets favorites, Cakes, Chips, Chocolate, Cookies, Crackers, Dehydrator, Fruit, Fruit leather, Granola Bars, Health benefits, Healthy, Muffins, New Zealand, Nuts, Peanut butter, Popcorn, Pulses, Recipes, Side dishes, Snacks, twitter | Read More

Top 25 Recipe Posts on Twitter That You Shouldn’t Be Without

Top 25 Recipe Posts on Twitter That You Shouldn’t Be Without
Once upon a time… I began compiling recipe links that would flitter seductively past me in my twitter stream as I sat doodling and discussing the day’s happenings with friends and fellow foodies. After much clicking and opening, I would downsize  my favourite  selection  to a manageable...
June 22nd, 2009 | Accompaniments, Bakery, Burgers, Cakes, Cheese, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Ice cream, Jam and Preserves, Meat, Pasta, Recipes, Rhubarb, Salad, Side dishes, Sweets, Top 25 recipe posts on Twitter, Uncategorized, Vegetables, twitter | Read More

Over It Yet? 5 Tempting Things To Do With Leftover Hot Cross Buns

Photo by ricoeurian Easter may be a distant recollection, but the glut of hot cross buns may be making you a little hot, cross and bothered. But before you propel the stale baseballs in the rubbish or feed them to the birds, take a gander yonder and try one of these tempting things to do with leftover...
April 9th, 2009 | Bakery, Chocolate, Dessert, Leftovers, Recipes, breakfast | Read More

15 Powerful reasons to eat chocolate

photo by Lisa Brewster 15 Powerful reasons to eat chocolate t’ will make old women young and fresh Create new motions of the flesh And cause them to long for you-know-what When they but taste CHOC-O-LATE William Wordsworth (1770-1850)  British poet Early Central American cultures worshipped and...
April 7th, 2009 | Cakes, Chocolate, Food History, Food Humour, Food quotes, Health benefits, Recipes | Read More